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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Change BPMN Element Appearance</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To define the specifications of BPMN elements and relationships, open the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tagged Values</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window and select the required element or relationship in a diagram. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tagged Values</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window shows the appropriate Tagged Values and provides a list of values to assign to each one.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Some Tagged Values directly affect the appearance of the elements they apply to, as described in the following examples:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Events - to change the decoration of a Start Event or Intermediate Event, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Trigger</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value; to change the decoration of an End Event, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Result</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value. For example, to create a BPMN 'off-page' connector, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Trigger</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> or </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Result</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Link </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">to depict flow onto the diagram, into a branch diagram or off the diagram for the Start, Intermediate and End events respectively.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Gateways - to create the different varieties of Gateway, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">GatewayType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value; other display options are available for XOR gateways - you can set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">XORType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value to create Event-based or Data-based XOR gateways, and for Data-based XOR gateways you can set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">MarkerVisible</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">false</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> to hide the decoration.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Activities - there is a wide variety of appearance options for Activities:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">The </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">ActivityType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value can be set to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">Task</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> or </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">Sub-Process</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">; t</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">he latter option displays the 'plus-in-a-box' decoration on the bottom edge of the shape</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">An Ad-hoc Activity is shown by setting the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">AdHoc</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value to</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;"> true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">;</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> this displays the 'tilde' decoration on the bottom edge of the shape</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">A Compensation Activity is shown by setting the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">IsCompensation</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">; this displays the 'rewind' icon on the bottom edge of the shape</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">A Multiple Instance Activity is shown by setting the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">LoopType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">MultiInstance</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">; this displays the 'pause' icon on the bottom edge of the shape</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">A Loop Activity is shown by setting the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">LoopType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value to either </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">Standard</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> or </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">MultiInstance</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, this displays the 'loop' icon on the bottom edge of the shape.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Transactions - to denote a Transaction with a double-lined border, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">IsATransaction</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-weight: bold;">true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Sequence Flows - to put a diagonal slash across the line at the source end, set the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">ConditionType</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Default</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">; to put an unfilled diamond-shaped decoration at the source end, set the Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Expression</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">Version Differences</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Some BPMN elements have changed in appearance between BPMN version 1.0 and BPMN version 1.1. </span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In Enterprise Architect release 7.5, if you work on a model created in an earlier release, using BPMN 1.0, existing elements default to their version 1.0 appearance. New elements assume the BPMN version 1.1 appearance and automatically have a Tagged Value </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">BPMNVersion</span><span class="f_BodyText"> set to </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">1.1</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you want a new element to revert to the BPMN version 1.0 appearance, set the Tagged Value to </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">1.0</span><span class="f_BodyText">. Conversely, if you want an older element to assume the BPMN version 1.1 appearance, assign the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">BPMNVersion</span><span class="f_BodyText"> Tagged Value to it, with the value </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">1.1</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>




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